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Not only is it desirable to include as much objectivity as possible in HCI design; it also should be very evident in HCI evaluation. Both are advocated as part of “interface engineering,” in analogy to what is done in other engineering fields and as extensions of software engineering. A variety of structural underpinnings were developed for design (Treu, 1994), including schematics for design decisions. Such decisions are ultimately based on designer judgments, which are inherently subjective in nature. Nevertheless, the more systematic the decision-making and the more objective the factors feeding into a decision, the more reliable and credible the decision is likely to be.
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Treu, S. (1994). Basic Measures of Performance. In: User Interface Evaluation. Languages and Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2536-3_5
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